Feed and water bag.



PATENTED FEB. 28, 1905.

T. N. WINSLOW.

FEED AND WATER BAG.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 9,1904.

Patented February as, 1905.

rrrnivr ldrriclt.

TH'EOPHELUS N. WINSLOl/V, OF BAYONNE, NEW JERSEY.

[FEEU MNU WINTER BAG SPECIFIUATION forming part of Letters Patent No.783,8i9, dated February 2%, 1905,

Application filed June 9, 1904:. Serial No. 211,826-

To all whom [It may concern:

Be it known that I, THitorIwLUs N. VVINstow, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of Bayonne, in the county of Hudson and State ofNew Jersey, have invented a new and Improved Feed and Water Bag, ofwhich the following is a Full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to a teed-bag for animals which is capable of useas a watering device. The feed-bags in use at present are merely deepcanvas bags, which are hung upon a horses head and have a front sidewhich covers up the head and prevents fresh air from being obtainedwhile eating. This construction is necessitated by the amount of feedwhich it is necessary to supply to a horse. liurthermorc, the presentteed-bags are not capable of containing water, and consequently theyhave to be removed and a Water-bucket supplied, necessitating thecarrying around of both of these devices at all times.

My invention has for its objects to over come these and other objectionsto the present il eed-bags Reference is to be had to the accompanyingdrawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similarcharacters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 represents a preferred form of my invention in longitudinalsection and shows the head of a horse and the manner in which the bag isapplied thereto. Fig. 2 is a perspcctive view of the feed-bag, and Fig.3 a longitudinal sectional view ot a modification.

lln the form shown in Figs. 1 and 2 a metallic bottom a is used, whichslopes from all sides toward the center, but is provided with aspecially-strong slope at the rear portion. This bottom or bowl ispreferably made of galvanized metal. To the upper edge oi the bowl issecured a canvas bag 5. A partition 0 is provided at the rear portion ofthe bowl a, and the bag is also provided with a canvas partition 0',forming a continuation of the partition 0. These partitions, togetherwith the rear walls of the bowl and bag, constitute a hopper for thesupply of grain. It

will be understood that this hopper is preterably placed at the rearpart of the bag and under the horses neck and that by supplying grain tothe hopper its contracted lower por tion formed by the partition 0 willpermit the grain to be led into the bowl a as it is used by the horse.On account of this construction the bag need not be as high on the frontside as bags in common use are made, but it may be cut away, as shown at0, so as to allow the horse to have a free breathing-space. The bag maybe attached to the horses head by means ol a strap or by any otherfastening device that may be desirable or necessary.

it will be observed that the horse will be freely supplied with grain asfast as he consnmes it and that there is absolutely no waste of grainwhen this construction is employed. When the horse cannot reach thegrain in the present teethliag, the head is naturally thrown up, so thathe can reach it, and in his ellort to do so much oi tl 3 grain is thrownto the ground. With the old form a horse frequently caused to suddenlylift his head or toss it from side to side on account of the laclc ofair and the dust which rises from the grain, and this results inthrowing more or less grain out of the bag, and, furthermore. in orderto permit the horse to reach the grain at all times it is necessary fora man to be on hand to adjust the height of the bag from time to time.It is not usually possible to so adjust it at all times as to permit thehorse to eat all that is put into the bag, and. consequently a source ofloss present in the old 'lorm oi bag is ob viated in the term hereindescribed and shown.

My improved bag needs no watching while the horse is feeding. as thenose is always the right distance from the grain. When teeding, thehorses nose is always above the grain, which prevents the grain and thedust arising from it from getting into his nos 'rils and causingdiscomfort and scattering of the grain. The metallic bottom prevents thebag from ever getting musty and provides For much longer wear than iscustomary with the bags at present known. to be made in different sizes,according to the amount of grain to be fed.

in Fig. 3 l have illustrated a modilied lorm comprising a bowl of, whichis not as shallow as the bowl a, (iliustrated in the other figures,)

The bag is intended 9 but is deep enough to contain about ten quarts ofwater. The canvas bag 7f, applied to this bowl, does not contain thefront portion below the cut away part 7), (shown in the other figures,)but is only attached to the rear portion of the bowl (0 The partitions 0and 0 correspond substantially with the partitions c and 0, (shown inthe other figures,) and the strap (Z may be of the same or similarconstruction to the strap (Z. The hopper formed in this bag can be usedfor grain, as in the other case, and the same bag may be used forwatering the animal. The advantage of having a single receptacle forserving both these purposes will be obvious.

Vhile I have described and illustrated a particular embodiment in whichmy invention may be constructed, it will be understood that it is notlimited to the exact details thereof, but is capable of being made inmany other forms.

Having thus described my invention, Iclaim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent 1. A feed-bag formed of an upper and a lower part, thelower part comprising a bowl of rigid material having a bottom which hasan approximately spherical curvature and a sloping rear wall, andprovided in its rear portion with a stationary partition having itslower part nearer the said rear sloping wall of the bowl than its upperpart and forming with the said rear wall of the bowl a passage of fixeddimensions, said upper part extending upwardly from the top of the bowland formed of flexible material and having its lower edge secured aroundthe rim of the bowl, said upper portion being open at the front from ashort distance above the top of the bowl and provided with a flexibleupwardly extending partition secured at its lower edge to the partitionin the bowl to form a continuation thereof, the said flexible partitionforming with the rear wall of said upper part a hopper for feedmaterial, said hopper being open at the top, and securingstraps adaptedto pass over the top of the horses head to hold the bag in operativeposition, said straps being secured to the rear wall of the hopper.

2. A feed-bag formed of an upper and a lower part, the lower partcomprising a bowl of rigid material having a bottom which has anapproximately spherical curvature and a sloping rear wall, and providedin its rear portion with a stationary partition having its lower partnearer the said rear sloping wall of the bowl than its upper part andforming with the said rear wall of the bowl a passage of fixeddimensions, said upper part extending upwardly from the top of the bowland formed of flexible material and having its lower edge secured tothetop of the bowl, said upper portion being open at the front andprovided with a flexible upwardly-extending partition secured at itslower edge to the partition in the bowl to form a continuation thereof,said flexible partition forming with the rear wall of said upper part ahopper for feed material, said hopper being open at the top, andsecuring-straps adapted to pass over the top of the horses head to holdthe bag in operative position, said straps being secured to the rearwall of the hopper.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

THEOPHELUS N. W lNSLOlV.

Witnesses:

JNo. M. RITTER, A. E. FAY.

